A brilliant bevy of girls from Holy Family Convent (HFC) Bambalapitiya made sparkling history in schools basketball by winning the Under-20 All Island Inter School Basketball Championship for the fourth time in a row.
No other girls’ school team has ever achieved the monumental feat before in the tournament’s history.
Binuthi Jayasighe
– Best Player of the Final /Dihini Dharmadasa – Most Valuable Player of the Tournament
The final game was super thrilling at the HFC courts in Bambalapitiya last week as the home grown girls played against Good Shepherd Convent (GSC) Kotahena and won with a score of 58-49.
Kawya Riyal was the captain of the triumphant HFC team while Sonali Perera captained GSC.
Good Shepherd Convent was actually leading at halftime with a score of 23-21, but the HFC girls totally turned things around in the second half.
In the first quarter, HFC had a slender lead of 9-8, but Good Shepherd caught up and led at halftime. Then, in the third quarter, HFC bounced back and took the lead with a score of 41-34.
Dihini Dharmadasa from HFC was named the Best Player of the final and of the whole tournament as well.
She scored an amazing 32 points in the final match while Binuthi Jayasinghe, also from HFC, grabbed the title of Best Defensive Player for a great performance with 10 points in the final.
Sonali Perera, captain of Good Shepherd, was recognized as the Best Offensive Player, scoring 14 points for her team, the runners-up.
In the battle for third place, St. Joseph’s Girls School Nugegoda beat Lyceum International School Wattala with a score of 40-28, leading 18-12 at halftime. This win gave St. Joseph’s the third-place position.
Since 2008, the Holy Family Convent (HFC) basketball team has been coached by Shane Daniel and Randima Sooriyarachchi.
Their coaching has been super important for the team’s success leading HFC to win 18 All Island Championships.
With their awesome coaching and the players’ hard work, HFC has become the biggest story in schools basketball playing at their best year after year.
